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iOS Local Files: Easier import with the Files app

It is now easier to import Local Files into the Spotify iOS app through the Files app on your iOS device. A computer and WiFi network are not required to use this new import method. This means that you can now import Local Files into the Spotify iOS ...

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  • sapmi
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Superuser Contribution iPhone speaker versus blutooth

Hi everyone, I'm listening to Spotify in my car via blutooth with my iPhone, when suddenly the music starts to play via the iPhone's speakers. The blutooh connection is fine. I can still hear iTunes musics in the car's radio, but the Spotify musics o...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hi everyone,   I'm listening to Spotify in my car via blutooth with my iPhone, when suddenly the music starts to play via the iPhone's speakers.   The blutooh connection is fine. I can ...
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  • Casual Listener
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quality issue

Hello everybody, First of all I wish to say that I am French , which explains my poor level of English writing .I often download albums or playlists in offline on my phone.This allows me to include listening to music by car.Music offline , I download...

  • Visitor
  • Hello everybody,   First of all I wish to say that I am French , which explains my poor level of English writing . I often download albums or playlists in offline on my phone. This allows me...
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Messing with my radio?

Okay this is going to sound real weird, and I'm not sure where I should ask this so I'm starting here. I'll start off by saying a couple days ago, my music randomly started skipping without me pressing the next button on my radio in my car, and I tho...

  • Newbie
  • Okay this is going to sound real weird, and I'm not sure where I should ask this so I'm starting here. I'll start off by saying a couple days ago, my music randomly started skipping without me pressi...
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Can't access my music while offline

Hello everyone! I have a premium account, but when i go offline, after having downloaded my music, i just can't access that. I can play the song i got from some playlists but when i try to access my saved music in "My tracks" there is no track there ...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hello everyone!   I have a premium account, but when i go offline, after having downloaded my music, i just can't access that.   I can play the song i got from some playlists but w...
  • ZioMikeYeah
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Volume control Spotify Connect on other iPhone

I use Spotify on my iPhone 6 and use Spotify Connect to play the music on another iPhone 4S that is connected to my stereo player. On other dedicated Spotify Connect players I can control the volume from my iPhone 6, but I cannot control the volume o...

  • Casual Listener
  • I use Spotify on my iPhone 6 and use Spotify Connect to play the music on another iPhone 4S that is connected to my stereo player. On other dedicated Spotify Connect players I can control the volume ...
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Superuser Contribution Shuffle ONLY 1 playlist

Hi, I'm facing some problems with Spotify. When turning on shuffle for 1 playlist. He will also automatically play order songs ("I do not know where they come from"). What do I wrong?

  • Casual Listener
  • Hi,   I'm facing some problems with Spotify.  When turning on shuffle for 1 playlist. He will also automatically play order songs ("I do not know where they come from").  What do I...
  • MisterChristo
  • Casual Listener
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Can't Post to Activity, Facebook, or Anything Else

i have had this glitch for months, on multiple platforms and devices. Whenever I try to post to anything besides Twitter, i get an Error Try Again message. The forum has no answer for this and the help guide is useless. What do I do?

  • Newbie
  • i have had this glitch for months, on multiple platforms and devices. Whenever I try to post to anything besides Twitter, i get an Error Try Again message. The forum has no answer for this and the he...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify permanently shut down

Hello,I started the premium abonnement 1 1/2 years ago. I never had a problem. The last few months I reached like 2800 songs of 3333 and the player shut down permanently. Even when I'm in the offline mode.Sorry for my bad english. I am not learning e...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hello, I started the premium abonnement 1 1/2 years ago. I never had a problem. The last few months I reached like 2800 songs of 3333 and the player shut down permanently. Even when I'm in the off...
  • DonLuis
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Solved!! Spotify app

Can't log in to app. Log-in and pswd correct. App just hangs up and closes. Can't get past log-in page. Deleted app; reinstalled. Same result. Works on desktop perfectly. Help! Please don't make me go to Apple Music.

  • Casual Listener
  • Can't log in to app.  Log-in and pswd correct.  App just hangs up and closes.  Can't get past log-in page. Deleted app; reinstalled. Same result.  Works on desktop perfectly. Help...
  • dmaceLA
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Acount merge malfunction

I tried logging into my spotify from a computer and it wouldnt allow it so i connected spotify with my old facebook to log in which i had a different spotify account with a long time ago. I updated my email on fb to my current spotify email a while b...

  • Casual Listener
  • I tried logging into my spotify from a computer and it wouldnt allow it so i connected spotify with my old facebook to log in which i had a different spotify account with a long time ago. I updated m...
  • osornios
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The music on my app disappeared

So I almost had a stroke when I realized that all of the songs on my phone app vanished the other day. They are still all available when I open the spotify app on my laptop though...Im assuming a syncing issue? HELP PLEASE Sincerally, Desperate and a...

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  • So I almost had a stroke when I realized that all of the songs on my phone app vanished the other day. They are still all available when I open the spotify app on my laptop though...Im assuming a syn...
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Solved!! Local files available offline

Hello, I use Spotify Free on my iPod touch and on my iMac and I have a question. To listen to music on my iPod when I don't have Wi-Fi, I downloaded songs from my computer, and added them in a Playlist. When I go on my iPod, the songs (from my comput...

  • Regular
  • Hello, I use Spotify Free on my iPod touch and on my iMac and I have a question. To listen to music on my iPod when I don't have Wi-Fi, I downloaded songs from my computer, and added them in a Playli...
  • r1324
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Solved!! Mobile Data Spotify Premium

Hi, If i buy spotify premium and download my playlists in wifi. Will spotify premium still work on my iphone when mobile data is turned off? If my mobile data is on will it still cost data to play my songs offline? As i want to listen to a specific p...

  • Newbie
  • Hi,  If i buy spotify premium and download my playlists in wifi. Will spotify premium still work on my iphone when mobile data is turned off? If my mobile data is on will it still cost data to ...
  • Jacobcalvin_
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Skipping songs using BMW iDrive

Hi,I use Spotity on iOS with the BMW iDrive fitted in my 1 Series (F20) using the Lightning cable.When the skip song button is pressed on the iDrive, the iPhone is then disconnected from the iDrive and the Lightning cable needs to be removed and then...

  • Newbie
  • Hi, I use Spotity on iOS with the BMW iDrive fitted in my 1 Series (F20) using the Lightning cable. When the skip song button is pressed on the iDrive, the iPhone is then disconnected from the ...
  • lamzik88
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Closes after commercials

My ap closes frequently after commercials and it's very aggravating. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling several times and the problem always comes back.

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  • My ap closes frequently after commercials and it's very aggravating. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling several times and the problem always comes back.
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[iOS][Other] User interface

I think the user interface of Spotify is a bit old fashion, now days. The user experince isnt really good ethier. Ectually it is horrable in comparing to other music streaming services. I hope that spotify will update their apps soon. That will make ...

  • Newbie
  • I think the user interface of Spotify is a bit old fashion, now days. The user experince isnt really good ethier. Ectually it is horrable in comparing to other music streaming services. I hope that s...
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Spotify is adding songs from the same album to my playlist arbitrarily.

I have a playlist of gangster rap. Whenever I listen to this playlist via mobile, Spotify just randomly adds in songs from the same album by the same artist I just listened to. So I get stuck listening to random B side junk I don't want to hear--like...

  • Visitor
  • I have a playlist of gangster rap.  Whenever I listen to this playlist via mobile, Spotify just randomly adds in songs from the same album by the same artist I just listened to.  So I get s...
  • Hubo
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Album Artwork Not Showing

The album artwork for offline songs aren't showing. It is just grey. It has been happening for about a month or two.

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  • The album artwork for offline songs aren't showing. It is just grey. It has been happening for about a month or two.
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My Spotify app is closed.

Hi.I have a iPhone 5s 16 GB with iOS 10.0 (Beta).When i keep pressed on a song or a playlist instead of an preview played, the app closes.That started happening to me today even though i've been using iOS 10.0 for a week.I've already tried uninstalin...

  • Newbie
  • Hi. I have a iPhone 5s 16 GB with iOS 10.0 (Beta). When i keep pressed on a song or a playlist instead of an preview played, the app closes. That started happening to me today even ...
  • Hubo
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Superuser Contribution cannot share my music on facebook

Hi,as in the topic, i cannot share my musica on facebook.I rememer to have done this in the past but i cannot give you a clue about when it stopped, i think after an update, but i cannot recall if it was after a spotify update or after an ios update....

  • Casual Listener
  • Hi, as in the topic, i cannot share my musica on facebook. I rememer to have done this in the past but i cannot give you a clue about when it stopped, i think after an update, but i cannot recall i...
  • melampira
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